House Reed

House Reed of Greywater Watch is a vassal house that holds fealty to House Stark of Winterfell. House Reed are the southern-most house of the North. They control the vast area of swampland and bog stretching across the narrowest part of the continent of Westeros, the Neck. Their castle supposedly moves on a floating island.

In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, the crannogmen of the Neck are gifted and talented hunters and warriors. They have an ages-old feud with House Frey, who rule the lands immediately to the south. The Reeds came to the attention of their overlords, House Stark, when Howland Reed met Eddard Stark at a Tournament at Harrenhal. Howland Reed and Eddard Stark became fast friends and allies. Aside from Eddard, Howland was the only survivor of the battle at the Tower of Joy, on the occasion of Lyanna Stark's death.